Heidi Sprung

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Heidi Sprung
Full nameHeidi Sprung Vasudevan
Country (sports)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Born (1969-01-10) 10 January 1969 (age 55)
Prize money$110,483
Singles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 212 (14 October 1991)
Doubles
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 97 (17 July 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1988, 1989, 1990)
French Open 2R (1989)
Wimbledon 2R (1989)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 2–1

Heidi Sprung Vasudevan (born 10 January 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

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Biography

Sprung, who is originally from Salzburg, played Fed Cup tennis for Austria in 1988. She teamed up with Judith Wiesner to win the deciding doubles rubber over Belgium, setting up a second round tie with the USSR. Against the USSR she beat world number 16 Larisa Savchenko in the singles, but this time lost the live doubles rubber. [1]

On the WTA Tour she was most successful as a doubles player, with a career best ranking of 97. She was a doubles finalist at the 1989 Fernleaf Classic in Wellington. [2]

Since retiring she has lived in Switzerland and is married to former India Davis Cup team representative Srinivasan Vasudevan. The pair run a tennis club in Zofingen. [3]

WTA Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Result   Date   TournamentCategorySurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss Feb 1989 Wellington, New ZealandTier IHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tracey Morton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Janine Tremelling
6–7(3), 1–6

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.22 July 1991Schwarzach, AustriaClay Flag of Slovenia.svg Barbara Mulej 2–6, 1–6
Loss2.29 July 1991Rheda-Wiedenbrück, GermanyClay Flag of Romania.svg Florentina Curpene 3–6, 2–6

Doubles (3–5)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.4 August 1986Kitzbuhel, AustriaClay Flag of Austria.svg Judith Wiesner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Justine Brown
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louise Pleming
0–6, 0–6
Loss2.13 July 1987Erlangen, West GermanyClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alison Scott Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Denisa Krajčovičová
Flag of France.svg Virginie Paquet
1–6, 2–6
Win3.27 July 1987Kitzbuhel, AustriaClay Flag of Austria.svg Judith Wiesner Flag of Austria.svg Bettina Diesner
Flag of Austria.svg Karin Oberleitner
6–3, 6–4
Win4.1 July 1991Vaihingen, GermanyClay Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Seemann Flag of Germany.svg Henrike Kadzidroga
Flag of Uruguay.svg Patricia Miller
7–6, 6–1
Loss5.22 July 1991Schwarzach, AustriaClay Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Agnese Blumberga Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karina Habšudová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Katarína Studeníková
3–6, 1–6
Win6.31 May 1993Cáceres, SpainHard Flag of the United States.svg Eleni Rossides Flag of Israel.svg Tzipora Obziler
Flag of Israel.svg Limor Zaltz
0–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss7.18 October 1993Langenthal, SwitzerlandCarpet (i) Flag of France.svg Anne De Gioanni Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Miroslava Vavrinec
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Natalie Tschan
4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss8.10 April 1994Limoges, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Angelique Olivier Flag of France.svg Isabelle Demongeot
Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Strandlund
2–6, 2–6

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References

  1. "Unsung Swedes topple the US". The Age . 8 December 1988. p. 36. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Wellington - 06 February - 12 February 1989". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. "Tennisclub Zofingen" (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2018.